Microsoft founder Bill Gates has invested in a non-commercial project to develop an ideal cow. This is reported by Business Insider.

The billionaire donated more than 28 million pounds (40 million dollars) to the non-profit organization GALVmed, specializing in the creation of vaccines for livestock and genetics. It is based at Edinburgh University (Scotland).

Scientists intend to cross in a new breed of cows features of European and African individuals - high performance and endurance in the heat. "We can get a cow that, with the same endurance, will produce four times as much milk," the publication of Gates.

Gates is confident that cattle breeding and the development of milk production will help in the fight against poverty and hunger, despite the warnings of climatologists that these industries lead to further environmental degradation.